Miniature electric lamp.



H. E. GUSTAPSON.

MINIATURE ELEOTBIG LAMP. APPLIOATION Plum 11:13.25, 1914.

1,105,770. Patented Aug.4,1914

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TTDHNEY WIT/VESSES H. E. GUSTAPSON. lMIIIA'EH ELEGTRIC LAMP. APPLICATION HLBD rnB.z5,1914.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

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[NVE/WOR SMM @QM Afofmer HERBERT E. oUs'rArsoN,- or P'UEnLo, coitoaano.

MXNIATURE ELECTRIC LAMP.

4Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 19114.

Application filed February 25, 19M.` Serial No. 820,924.

To alllwlzom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT E. GUSTAR- .soN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo land State oaf Colorado, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Miniature Electric Lamps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention is an improvement 1n 1ncandescent electric lights and relates in particular to the provision of a miniature or low candle-power light adapted to be pl aced within a phonograph cr "talking machine. The principal objects ofmy invention are the provision of a lamp. mounting and shade which may be placed on the inner side of the cover, or elsewhere within the caseof the. device, without making it necessary to provide a cord opening through the cover or side of the case; and which will not only be useful in illuminating the disk platen but which will also serve to enhance the appearance of the entire device. To these ends I have provided novel combined socket and` shade brackets which `will permit of the lamp cord leaving the socket and bracket in a. direction at right angles to the axis of thelam and which will enable the lamp to .be attac ed to theinstrument case by a single screw in the direction of the axis of the lamp and which screw will be hidden by the socket when in place In the two sheets of drawingsl accompanying this application and forming a part thereof Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of my device, showing the lamp. bracket and shade as seen from the front or open side of the shade; Fig. 2 isa perspective, on a larger scale, of the bracket shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the cover and a portion of the box of a phonograph, illustrating the preferred location for the lamp; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the lamp socket: and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of bracket. with which is combined a protecting and in# sulating tube for the wires. l

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Sheet 1, 5 indicates an ordinary incandescent bulb of low candle-power and 6 a socket into which the bulb screws by engagement with the interior threads 7.. This socket, shown in section in Fg.-4, comprises an outer 4casing of insulating material 8, a porcelain insulating head 9 through which passes lthe pole 11 (the other pole being closed in a metallic tube 20.

formed by the threaded copper sleeve 7), and a pair of wires 12, 13, connected to the two poles. These wires pass out of the socket through an openingl 14 in one side 30 thereof and an insulating head1() closes the end `of the socket, completely insulating the inclosed wires from the rear.

` One :form of combined socket and shade holding bracket is shown in Fig. 2. It comprises a split sleeve l5.for the reception of the socket 6, which snugly fits therein, a bottom lug 16 perforated at 17 for the reception 0f an attaching screw, and a side lug 18, also perforated, forattachment of the shade 19. This shade is preferably semi-ovate in shape and,on account of the added effect, I prefer to make. it out of translucent shell,

' such as abalone or the like,the slight amount of colored lightpassing through the shade being nsuflicient to annoy one looking in that direction but, on the contrary, produc-A ing a very pleasant etfect-part1cularly when the case is of rich wood, such as mahogany. go

Fig. 3 shows the preferred location of the light when placed on a Victrola -on the under side of the.cover with the shade turned toward the front, the bracket being attached by means of a screw passin through the opening 17. When so place the cords 12, 13, may be carried down the cover to the box and passed out through a small hole in the bottom or rear of the case. It will be obvious that the lamp may also be placed in other positions-11s, for instance. upright within the box near the front. It will also be obvious that the lamp may be employed in other places than here described without departingfrom my invention.

In many localities the wiring regulations prohibit the running of wires along a wood surface and alsothe flexing of open wires/ such as would take placewhere the cover and box meet each time the cover is 100 raised or lowered. 'lo ymeet these regulations l have designed theform shown in Fig. 5, in which the. wires as they pass down the flatnpper portion of the cover are in A bend 21 is 105 provided in the tube 20 adjacent the point where the swell 22 of the cover-begins (Fig. 3) and from there on to a point well within the box the wires 12, 13. are incas-ed in an insulated, flexible, metallic tube Q3. 11o The tube 20 carries at its upper end (preferably integral therewith) a split sleeve` 15 for holding the socket 6 and a lug 18SL perforated in two places forreceiving the attaching screw and the means for securing the shade 19 respectively. v

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A bracket for an" electric light coin-v end of said sleeve and adapted to receive attaching means in the direction of the axis et' the sleeve, and shade supporting means.

3. A bracket foi-'an electric light comprising a resilient split sleeve, a supportinglug extending .across one end of'said sleeve and adapted to receive attaching means in the direction of the axis of the sleeve, and shade supporting means.

' 4. A bracket for an electric light comprising an insulating tube, a resilient split sleeve formed -as a continuation thereof,`and

. to .receive an attaching screw in the direction of the axis of the sleeve and a perforation for receiving means for securmg a shade thereto.

5. An incandescentelectric lamp socket,

comprising an insulatingcasing, a pair of poles within said casing adapted to coperate with a bulb, and a pair of wires connected to said poles respectively, said casing having an opening in its side whereby said wires-may ass out above the base of said socket and 1n a direction at right angles to the axis thereof, in combination with a supporting bracket for said socket having means in the line of the axis of said socket for attaching said bracket to a supportingv surface and a lateral opening therein through which said Wires may pass.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERBERTE. GUSTAFSON. Witnesses: l

CHAs. W. ODoNNELL, JEssIE SCHULTZ. 

